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With the weather conditions here being like that of England, it isn't hard to stay Martial Heroes Gold in a day or to. Anyway, I was out running errands and while stopping by my friendly neighborhood star bucks I overheard a conversation between two people. One mentioned a "code of ethics", I think they were businesswomen of some sort, and attractive.
ANYWAY... it rang in my head and I compared it to the recent problem of RMT vs P2P games, how it differs and why players like it/dislike it.
In my opinion, I feel that it all adds up to ethics and cultural diversity. Correct me if I am wrong, the average MMORPG player feels that if you do not get into a game and earn every piece of armor and equipment, weapons, spells, mount and trinket by "playing the game" that it imbalances the game, you didn't "earn" it. Hacking isn't cool, especially when you are on the wrong side of the hack, and people that use exploits should be banned immediately.
That is a code of ethics, an unwritten rule or set of values imposed by the community. The GM's might ENFORCE the rules, but we impose them on other players.